In the last decade, digitization has had major impact on everyday life, however, using digital technologies to promote children/adolescents healthy lives and wellbeing is one of the cost effective interventions. In Tanzania, there is very limited contents of children/adolescents healthy live ...promotion available in native language (Swahili) so that, this might be one of the major bottlenecks to achieve Sustainable Developmental Goal number three (SGD-3) by 2030. The availability of reliable information about promotion of healthy lives and wellbeing has huge impact on improving healthy behaviors. In Tanzania, around 20% of the population were consumed internet in 2022, therefore, usage of digital to disseminate evidence-based information will reach a significant number of Tanzanian.Afya Kidigitali Project (AKP) is the special digital media intervention designed to promote children/adolescents healthy lives and wellbeing by using Swahili as Tanzania native language. The contents are mainly disseminated through most utilized social media that include; Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube.
In Tanzania, HIV/AIDS is the leading cause of death among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW), ages 15-19. In sub-Saharan Africa, six in seven new HIV infections among adolescents (aged 15 to 19 years) are among girls, and young women (aged 15 to 24 years) who are twice more likely... to be living with HIV than men. Gender inequalities are slowing progress in reducing HIV infections among adolescent girls and young women. They rob women and girls of their fundamental rights to education, health and economic autonomy. Gender inequalities, similarly they deprive them of control over their sexual lives with gender-based violence a perennial threat. Wadada Kazini Project (WKP) is aiming at reducing new HIV infections among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW)) by implementing evidence-based interventions to mitigate the wide overlapping vulnerabilities AGYW face, including social isolation, economic disadvantage, discriminatory cultural norms, orphan status, and high rates of school dropout.